6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  

We would like to thank Dr Alpay Pasinler and staff at the General Directorate; Mr H. Önal, Governor of Yozgat; Ms S. Dogan, Yozgat Director of Culture; Mr V. Özkul, Yozgat Director of Rural Services; Mr M. Dündar, Mayor of Sorgun and Mr Y. Kiliçarslan, Sorgun District Governor.

We also thank Mr Musa Özcan, Director of the Yozgat Museum, for his collaboration. Mr Ugur Tezirioglu of the Samsun Museum was Representative for a third time; that so much was achieved is a tribute to his sound advice and active participation.
Kerkenes is sponsored by the British Institute of Archaelogy at Ankara. Major grants for the 2000 programme were awarded by the British Academy and the National Geographic Society and further generous support was received from Raymond and Beverly Sackler, the Joukowsky Family Foundation, the Stahl Fund of the University of California at Berkeley, Norman Solhkhah and a number of anonymous donors.
The Faculty of Architecture of the Middle East Technical University provides a Project Room and a research grant for GIS studies coordinated by Prof. Ö. Bakirer. Dr E. Madran of the METU Architectural Photogrammetric Centre arranged for stereographic recording by Mr K. Gülcen. Mr R. Töksöz brings expertise in 3D modelling.

Yibitas Lafarge continues to be a major sponsor of the project all year-round through the METU Development Foundation.

Contributors to the building program (house, depot and laboratory) are Lafarge Aslan Çimento, YL Yibitas Yozgat Çimento, Onduline, MESA, Çimentas, Dogan Kum and Sorgun Belediye.

Other sponsors include the Ankara Business Centre, the Ankara Hilton, Aytaç, Bell Helicopter-Textron, the British Embassy, the Çamlik Galata Hotel, Dogan Alçi, ERDAS, ESRI, Islem GIS, KavMar, MENSA, MNG, Nurol, the Sheraton Ankara, Soylu Aviation, Yenigün Insaat and Yimpas.

A full list of sponsors and participants can be found on our web page


http://www.metu.edu.tr/home/wwwkerk


 
     
 
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